Craig Garvey (born 28 April 1993) is an Australian professional

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footballer. He previously played for the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

and

Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

, was part of the

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squad for 2018 and a short term member of the

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for 2019.

Background

Garvey was born in

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. He played his junior rugby league for the

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and La Perouse Panthers, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

In 2012 and 2013, Garvey played for the

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team.

2013

In 2013, Garvey captained St. George's NYC side. On 20 April, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. On 1 May, he re-signed with St. George Illawarra on a two-year contract. In round 17 of the

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, he made his

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debut for St. George Illawarra against the

2014

Garvey was named in the St. George squad for the

2014 NRL Auckland Nines The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the first NRL Auckland Nines tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The draw was released on 30 October 2014. ...

. On 28 February, Garvey was stood down by St. George, later being found to have been guilty to assaulting a man. On 16 December, after consultation and approval from the NRL, St. George Illawarra reinstated him into the full-time first-grade squad. Craig Garvey

2015

On 31 January and 1 February 2015, Garvey played for St. George Illawarra in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 3 November, Garvey signed a two-year contract with the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

starting in 2016.

2016

On 13 February, Garvey played for the Indigenous All Stars against the

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. Garvey was named in the Bulldogs'

2016 NRL Auckland Nines The 2016 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Downer NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the third NRL Auckland Nines competition. It was held on 6–7 February 2016 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. As with previous tournaments, it was ...

squad.

2017

Garvey was named in the Canterbury-Bankstown squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines.

2018

In late 2017, Garvey signed a contract to join the

for the 2018 season. Garvey was unable to break into Canberra's first team and spent the majority of the season playing for their feeder team the

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. On 1 August, Garvey was released by Canberra with the player citing family reasons as to why the contract was ended.

2019

In 2019, Garvey signed a contract to join reigning premiers the

References

External links

Sydney Roosters profileCanberra Raiders profileNRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Craig 1993 births Living people Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Illawarra Cutters players Indigenous All Stars players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Sydney St. George Illawarra Dragons players